Comments on: Wednesday Bolts – 8.12.09

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:49:54 +0000

No way did you come up with a Gheorge Muresan pic from the short shorts era.

By: Jax Raging Bile Duct

Jax Raging Bile Duct — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:36:10 +0000

In regards to the Griz article; I don’t think it’s a big deal. The author of that article didn’t really compare the two teams other than to say they’re both trying to build with young talent. That’s a completely fair assessment. Both teams were bad last year. Both teams improved during the off-season with their acquisitions (still not a fan of thabeet though). Neither team lost a significant contributor. Both teams young stars should be better just by experience’ sake alone.

Let’s see if we can’t hold off till his compare-and-contrast article comes out later (which he promised to do) before we start falling all over ourselves.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:45:47 +0000

Oh wait, duh, forget I just said that

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:44:16 +0000

Judging strictly by the luck of the Clippers (or lack thereof), I expect Randolph to blow up and become and all-star, while Griffin ends up plagued by injuries.

It’s the Clipper’s curse

By: Morgan

Morgan — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:22:02 +0000

It is so crazy that we are all discussing how similar OKC and the Grizz are when they are built on completely different principles. OKC is being built with a bunch of high character team players and Memphis is being built with guys who can score and thats about it. Some of the guys (Zach Randolph) are terrible teammates. They are young and athletic, but they have not shown that they can be team players yet and those are not the kind of guys that OKC wants. These teams are not similar other than the fact that they are not title contenders.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:13:25 +0000

@Vince They are all projects, I know. Especially Mullens. It's mostly just wishfull thinking that one of the big men really steps up. Heck, maybe that's Kirstic. He could get back to his original form.

By: Vince

Vince — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:01:23 +0000

@Bryan I don't think anyone's expecting a breakout year from the young big men. Mullens and Ibaka are both projects and barring injury, White won't play significant minutes. I think Collison and Krstic are both pretty much known commodities at this point.

By: KneeJerkNBA

KneeJerkNBA — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:57:31 +0000

Memphis and OKC are almost polar opposites. The only thing they have in common is being relocated.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:39:54 +0000

Personally, it would not surprise me to see the Grizz do pretty well next year. I still think the Thunder will be better, but it would not shock me if the reverse turned out to be true – particularly if Thabeet grows a pair.

If any one of the new Thunder big men have a breakout year, though, the Thunder will def make a lot more noise than the Grizz. But if none make meaningful progress and Mullens turns out to be Swift 2.0, (nothing like wasting the 25 pick on a 7′ boat anchor), it could be a long season while Presti tries to find a nice trade.

By: Lefty

Lefty — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:26:33 +0000

@Vega And maybe a little bit to the University of Memphis. I mean, if you want to go watch good basketball...